milepost
verbEtymology From mile + post.
1
To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).
- Related terms
- milestone
milepost
nounUS /ˈmaɪlˌpoʊst/
Etymology From mile + post.
1
Automotive, Road, Transport, Vehicles A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places.
2
Rail transport, Railways, Transport A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line).
- But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:
- [...] the 4 miles at 1 in 180 up to Sanquhar were mounted with no greater fall in speed than from 65 to 59 m.p.h., after which, possibly as a result of easing the engine or because the strain on steam supply was beginning to tell, the final 3½ miles up at 1 in 200 up to milepost 59½ were surmounted at a minimum of 49½ m.p.h.1960 April 23, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 212: